Coming Attractions
27 May 2007

Mark Schreiber will talk on “Japan, the Quirky, and Myself Part 2.” This will be the third time Mark has talked at Good Day Books. His talks are always well received. To attend the talk, please buy a copy of Tabloid Tokyo 2 from us.

 Past Events
15 April 2007

Genda Yuji gave his perspective on the present and future work environment for Japan’s young people. He stressed the importance of leisure for young people; calling the university of his student days “Leisure-land.” He is pictured during his talk at Good Day Books.

BOOKCLUBS

On 20 May, BOOK-CLUB members will discuss: The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century by Thomas Hammes.

On 13 May, members of our Non-Native Speakers’ group will discuss The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
Below: our non-native book-club celebrates its first anniversary at a member’s house.

Conan the Librarian says:

The bookseller’s dilemma: should we tell people where the self help section is?

Strangest question of the month: Do you do massages? Well, in a sense. After all, books massage the mind. 
 

The inscription over the door at the Library at Thebes reminds us that books are: "The medicine chest of the soul."

Strangest object brought in for trade last month: A 2001 calendar.

What is a university but buildings gathered around a library? Harvard, for example, was named for the Puritan minister who donated 400 books to what has swollen to a 10,000,000 plus volume library.

Strangest observed method for selecting books: Flipping coins while standing in front of them.

Did you know the Longman publishing company was started by a bookseller who saw a market for dictionaries? Watch out for Good Day Publishing!?!?

As the book lover Walt Disney said: “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.”

We at Good Day Books can get questions on Jungian rhizome theory, Buddhist roof architecture, Phillip K. Dick’s best work, management books and the title of the second Harry Potter book before lunch. Here’s a
question that has been tormenting me recently: what’s another word for thesaurus?

Walking the Old Tokaido Road: Tokyo→Kyoto #2

Progress report: Kamata to Kanagawa was successfully walked by our intrepid hikers.